Composite Manufacturing Engineer I

Located in Woodland, WA, LifePort is the leading manufacturer of medical transportation and interior products as well as ballistic armor protection systems for fixed and rotary wing aircraft. From large multi-aircraft projects to small custom projects, LifePort supplies the industry’s largest aerospace OEMs and end users with the finest aviation solutions today.

Position Summary:

This position designs manufacturing processes, procedures and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, machining, material handling, and testing of metallic and composite materials.

Essential Functions:

• Designs and manufactures tooling fixtures and shop aids to increase efficiency and standardization in production labor
• Develops procedures for use of tooling fixtures and shop aids
• Develops procedures and operational sequences for build of complicated product
• Reviews and/or develops operational sequence documentation for production technicians to follow
• Designs arrangement of machines within plant facilities to ensure most efficient and productive layout
• Adapts machine or equipment design to factory and production conditions
• May incorporate inspection and test requirements into the production plan
• Investigates and initiates corrective action of problems and deficiencies to ensure product quality
• Develops manufacturing processes that are applicable to statistical process control and may develop those techniques
• Provides recommendations and assistance to engineering regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques
• Provides assistance and support to production regarding engineering requirements to best utilize manufacturing techniques to obtain conforming product in the most practical and efficient manner.
• Support material and mechanical testing in the laboratory as needed to qualify, verify, or validate metallic and composite product.
• Manufacturing liaison support
• Ensures processes and procedures are in compliance with regulations
• Creates, designs and manipulates solid models, assemblies, layouts and detail drawings
• Knowledge of quality and certification requirements in regulated manufacturing industries as required by the business (e.g. AS 9100, FAA, ISO 9001, Nadcap)